China blasts: Residents hold protests
People in the Chinese city of Tianjin whose homes were damaged by the huge explosions on 12 August have staged protests to demand compensation from th
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Egypt’s al-Sisi imposes strict anti-terror laws
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has approved stringent new counter-terrorism laws to fight a growing insurgency. The laws establish special co
Pistorius due to be released on Friday
South African state prosecutors on Monday in Pretoria filed an appeal against the verdict of culpable homicide passed on Oscar Pistorius for killing h
Iraq ex-PM blamed for Mosul fall to IS
An Iraqi parliamentary panel has called for former PM Nouri Maliki to face trial over the fall of the northern city of Mosul to Islamic State. More th
Punjab minister killed in Pakistan blast
Punjab’s Home Minister Shuja Khanzada has been killed in a suicide attack in the Pakistani province, police say. Twelve other people died in the